Dancin' Babies

I thought I would write a little about the movement of the triplets. It's so awesome! We first saw them moving at a very early ultrasound, before you could even tell I was pregnant. That was at about 12 weeks. It was indescribable - they looked like they were all in there just dancing and playing around! (not together, or course - they're all in separate sacs!) That made it seem so real, that there really were 3 little people in there!

At around 14 weeks, I started to feel what they call a "butterfly" movement. It kind of feels like a fluttering sensation, and I would not have thought it was the babies except I had heard of this before. That was almost like an appetizer - it made me long to feel them moving, like I had heard so much about from other moms.

Finally, John and I both felt them move almost 2 weeks ago, on Thursday morning, July 23. I wasn't sleeping well (as usual) and it was about 3 in the morning. I was just resting my hands on my belly and all of a sudden, I felt a little bump! It was so quick, I wasn't sure if I imagined it, until I felt another one. I kept feeling for about 5 minutes to make sure that it would keep happening, then I reached over and woke up John. He wasn't really sleeping either - it's hard with me rolling all over the place trying to get comfortable. He was totally excited - he had been trying to feel them for a couple of weeks. It was just so amazing that we could experience that together.

Now they're moving almost all of the time! Whenever John or I want to connect with the babies, we're pretty likely to find one moving around in there. I think this made me truly realize one of the great things about triplets - you get three times everything! OK, so it probably won't feel like a blessing when there are three times as many diapers to change, but getting to feel three different little bodies moving around, that's almost too much to wish for. What a miracle!

By the way, you all know how much I love sports. Well, I don't know if we have a field goal kicker or maybe a soccer player in there, but one of them kicked the remote off of my belly the other day! Too cool.